Prasad promises to take Broadband to masses; sees India as export hub for electronics

IT and Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said availability of broadband and mobiles is an essential component of Digital India.

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Highlighting success of programme, Prasad said 3.65 lakh Common Service centres have been opened and 123 crore Aadhaar were generated.

Electronics and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad gave this information in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha.

The former bureaucrat, a 1980 batch IAS officer of the Kerala cadre, has been active in Niti Aayog ever since he joined in 2016.

It keeps track of development and if voters have exercised franchise.

USD 500 billion potential value from transformations underway in newly digitizing sectors in India.

'At present, what happens is that the guilty person who causes an accident flees the scene and gets a duplicate licence,' Prasad said.

Speed has improved by 15% last year, but trails behind China, tied with Brazil.

With an estimated population of over 400 million, the country has the highest number of children in the world.

Pichai said Google shares the vision of creating a truly 'Digital India.'